WordPress plugin that allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base. New development takes place on the 'develop' branch.
Prior to the 1.5.0 release, you could remove the front portion of author URLs without having role-based author bases turned on. A change in 1.5.0, causes an early return before the front portion can be removed.
Prior to the 1.5.0 release, you could remove the front portion of author URLs without having role-based author bases turned on. A change in 1.5.0, causes an early return before the front portion can be removed.
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-use-author-as-value-with-remove-front-option/